Marionette figure



Se t. 27, 1938. B. E. ALSTADT ET AL 2,131,209

MARIONETTE FIGURE Filed June 20, 1936 BY ja/m/ 6. Facfor I ATTOR EY.

Patented Sept. 27, 1938 MARIONETTE FIGURE Benjamin B. Alstadt and SamuelR. Factor, New York, N. Y.

Application June 20, 1936, Serial No.86,307

4 Claims.

This invention relates to marionette figures and more particularly tohead construction of same, the object being to provide such a head,adapted to receive various types of masks, the construction being suchthat the said masks can be readily applied and detached, and whereby themarionette figure may be supplied with various head masks, havingdifferent expressions and simulating various characters.

The disclosure made the basis of exemplifying the present inventiveconcept suggests a practical embodiment thereof, but the invention isnot tobe restricted to the exact details of this disclosure, and thelatter, therefore, is to be understood from an illustrative, rather thana restrictive standpoint.

The inventive idea involved is capable of receiving a variety ofmechanical expressions, one of which, for the purpose of illustration,is shown in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a sectionalplan view of a marionette head made in accordance with our invention;and Fig. 2 is a sectional View thereof taken on line II9,Figure 1.

In the drawing, we have shown a form of head construction adapted foruse in marionette figures. The said construction comprises a base orcore 69 provided with a pair of depressions 6| adapted to receive therounded or beaded edges 62 of a front or face mask section 63 and thebeaded edges 64 of a rear mask section 65. With this construction of thehead it is possible to detachably and interchangeably apply differentmasks with varying faces and expressions, or combination of expressions,when two or more marionettes are used to illustrate or depict variouscharacters.

The foregoing construction of marionette head has been found verydesirable, as the same marionette figure can be used over and over againto depict various types of characters, the only feature necessary to bechanged being the head mask, and our improved construction permits ofeasy attachment of the mask to and detachment from the marionette head.

Having described our invention, what we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent 1s:

1. Ina marionette figure, a head, the said head comprising a core havinga pair of recesses, one at each side thereof, a front mask section, arear mask section, and meansv on the said sections for frictionallyengaging the said-recesses for removably maintaining the said sectionson the core.

2. In a marionette figure, a head, the said head comprising a corehaving a pair of recesses, one at each side thereof, a front masksection, a rear mask section, and beaded portions on'the said sectionsfor frictionally engaging the said recesses for removably maintainingthe said sections on the core.

3. In a marionette figure, a head, the said head comprising a core, apair of head masks, means on the core, and means on the mask sectionscooperating With the means on the core for readily removably maintainingthe mask sections upon the said core.

4. In a marionette. figure, a head, the said head comprising a core, apair of mask sections, and means on the said mask sections in engagementwith the core for removably maintaining the masksections upon the core.

BENJAMIN E. ALSTADT, SAMUEL R. FACTOR.

